Apparently, Siri was not taught that loose lips can sink ships. A newly discovered iOS 11 vulnerability allows anyone to hear her read out the notifications from your phone, even when it's locked. All you have to do is ask: “Hey, Siri, read my notifications.” Siri
Expedia-owned travel booking site Orbitz has reported that payment information of as many as 880,000 credit cards along with other personal information have "likely" been stolen from its website servers. What happened and when According to Orbitz, on March 1, 2018, they have uncovered evidence of two
Ride-sharing company Uber has just reported that it was affected by a data breach over a year ago. Uber acknowledged that personal information of around 50 million customers and 7 million drivers was stolen. What happened and when According to Uber, the breach occurred in October 2016,
It seems disasters of all sorts from natural to man-made are in the news all the time. Floods, landslides, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, building fires and zombie apocalypses all can turn your world upside down and rob you of your prized possessions.
The US Senate has passed a resolution to roll back the consumer privacy regulation passed by the FCC late last year. The FCC regulation requires Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like Comcast and Time Warner and telecom service providers like Version and AT&T to obtain explicit
Symantec has announced the addition of a VPN service to its Norton internet security software lineup. Norton WiFi Privacy offers subscription-based pricing and can protect internet connections on Windows and Mac computers as well as mobile phones and tablets. In the crowded space of free and
The LA County has disclosed a breach that occurred earlier this year. Over 100 county employees fell for a phishing email scam in May of this year, exposing confidential records of over 750K citizens.
Note-taking software maker Evernote has announced an update to its Privacy Policy, scheduled to go into effect on January 23rd. Several changes represent privacy concerns for users, especially the clause allowing Evernote employees access to read customer's notes. According to the new policy, Evernote will allow company employees
While the topic of cybersecurity of corporations and states makes the news almost daily, another relatively silent, large scale cyberwar rages on. Billions of households are caught in a perfect storm: the home technology infrastructure is becoming more complex, most connected devices lack adequate security, and
Several consumer protection groups in the US and Europe have filed official complains with the FTC and the corresponding European regulators regarding two tech toys produced by the US-based Genesis Toys.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today imposed new rules on broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs) aimed to protect consumer privacy.
We tend to think of our devices as fairly private. After all, we have passwords and PINs guarding access to them, and some of us even have the data on them encrypted. However, none of these privacy measures matter once we connect to the